‘Though saddened by the departure of the Times’ kick-ass architecture critic Nicolai Ourourssoff, I’m thrilled about his replacement. No, not Michael Kimmelman, the angry Belgian fellow (I’m assuming it’s a guy; the tone suggests a male writer) who keeps the Tumblr Ugly Belgian Houses. Though he started off just posting pictures without commentary, his takedowns have grown more epic and expletive-filled by the post. The combination of actual critique informed by the history of art and architecture with comically broken English and hilarious insults—one house’s inhabitant is accused of being an “imbecile fucksauce”—is truly irresistible. Get this guy a book deal!’

‘Who knew Belgium had such an abundance of ugly homes? Judging by the amount of images in the archive, the small European country must have among the highest ratios of citizens to monstrous homes. Take a look and be appalled.’

‘Now before I get started here I feel I need to get two things straight. The first is that beauty really and truly is in the eye of the beholder. The second is if one of these is your house, I’m really sorry. Please refer back to point number one. Still, this blog Ugly Belgian Houses run by Hannes Coudenys has been doing the rounds of late and I won’t apologise for the chuckles that snuck out while I was scrolling through it. It does exactly what it sets out to do, as the bio explains, “because Belgian houses suck. Even mine. Seriously.” And although I’m sure architects all over Belgium have poured millions of euros and a ton of time into creating these dream homes, some of them are really funny-looking. If anything’s going to make you proud of your nice little boring flat then this is it. Look, point and laugh! The real inhabitants can’t hear you!’